/**
 * Copyright (C) BFH www.bfh.ch 2011
 * Code written by: Patrick Dobler, Marc Folly
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package ch.bfh.ti.kybernetik.engine.controller.roboter;

import javax.vecmath.Point2d;
import javax.vecmath.Vector2d;

import ch.bfh.ti.kybernetik.engine.model.Roboter;
import ch.bfh.ti.kybernetik.engine.model.RoboterElement;

/**
 * This Class defines how the {@link RoboterElement} model objects are placed
 * relatively to the {@link Roboter} model
 * 
 */
public interface RoboterConstruction {

	/**
	 * Calculates the position as {@link Point2d} object of the given
	 * {@link RoboterElement} relatively to the {@link Roboter} model's position
	 * 
	 * @param roboterElement
	 * @return position as {@link Point2d} of the {@link RoboterElement}
	 */
	public Point2d getRoboterElementPoint(RoboterElement roboterElement);

	/**
	 * Calculates the Angle as {@link Vector2d} of the given
	 * {@link RoboterElement} relatively to the {@link Roboter} model's current
	 * direction vector
	 * 
	 * @param roboterElement
	 * @return vector as {@link Vector2d} of the {@link RoboterElement}
	 */
	public Vector2d getRoboterElementAngleVector(RoboterElement roboterElement);

}